Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-12-29


him.
THAT you down there, Waltz" Pen
nett called out stepping forward upon
boulder TO get better view the
dark gorge beneath. ut an awful
ugly hole donn there, and there may
be a whole nest OF pantheIs In it. Seen
anything OF him yet -
I'm seeing him now" replied Rob
bins, as coolly MS he o,ld. Hes right
here under the ledge in front of me,
and haven cartridge in rly gun.
'.nreat scott! what shouted en-
nett. but he did not lin sh the sentence.
for as he spoke the boulder be. an to
roll, and he lost his footing and slid
down the stee side of the ravine the
! stone rnl ing in advance # him. crash
ing among the brush and send ng the
small stones dying in every d rection.
At the sound Of the 70 ces, the
pan her had ceased its snarlng, and
stood for moment in an att tude of
evident alarm. 1t had probably never
before heard the SCUM OF the human
vo &C. Tuen as the stone came tear ng
down, it lie 'ped out from its covert,
ran few yards. then stood arching It's
back and glazing wildly from side to
side.
obbins was now taking advantage
OF the uproar to back slowly away.
when en- EFT brought up againsG the
butt OF tile pine, at the top of the
led 20 of re rocks.
"shoot himr cried Robb ms. "He's
ri hit down there under you! not ten
feet below your
aupaft baI o1unn 70 his nun.
he leaned forward and looked down,
then. catch ng sight of the an NAL,
whipped s piece around a d Tired on
the instant
With terrible roar the panther
made several bounds up the opposite
s de of the bluff Then, maddened hy
its wound, it whirled about and dashed
>trai hit for Robbins who wa backing
away. With tire or four prod gious
caps. it came up with him, and he
clubbing h S gun met it with blow,
bnt was knocked backward by the
weight and momentum of the brute.
Both came 10 the ground. Ro bins
sprawled on his back, while the panther
struck bel Ond and rolled oN err and over
down the bed of the raw ne! There it
lay k cking for some tiue but at length
eXpi ell,
Robbins gathered himself up, some
what bruised and terri bly, frightened.
but thankful enough, when he discov-
cred that the beast was done for, to
have escaped so well!
Bennett had been almost equally
a alarmed; but when he saw that the
animal WIS disable |, he ramblel
down from the ledge, and ran to sscer-
tain the extent OF his companion in
jurie|.
IT, II We what, old mani" he exclaim-
ed. Lets leave these brutes alone in
future. don't want to monkey with
'em any mOrer'
Robbins heartily agreed to the propo-
sition.
They then examined the dead animal
and found that Bennett's ball had
struck it between the shoulders and
come out a. the brraSt-a s. OF that
W. uld instantly have killed almost any
other creature. II was full-siled
male panther Youths Companion.
Test Questions in History
As an incentive to the requirement OF
thorough knowledge of n Ted tates
history. we shall from time to me
i've few ie,t Guest Ons, in tho hope
ih It our Young rra'ers will give them
care:u cons dcrution
l. When wa the KNOWN othiDgS
party organized, and what was its OBJ
ject
2. What is the red colt decision,
and who de ivered it
l.N 1nlr cd -,
our history.
!. hat has given r'se 10 the fisheries
dispute between til country and Great
tam
5 What dist ngui>hed generals have
been unsucce ,sful candidates for the
presidency !
.. hat are state rights and when
was this docr ne first promul lated
Z. Gi an account OF the pr ncipal
pat es ~ II CHI nave ar sen nee the con-
stitut onal COM ent OF Of 1897.
8. What is prOte tive tariff?
9. What is meant by the alien and
sed ton avs !
10. n what year did the United
States phrcha,e Alaska, and what price
vas aid?
been made to g cOnstitut on?
II. What pres daEt vetoed the m cas-
urcs of the party VIII CHI elected him 10
Off %
Il. What presidents were not elected
to that office by the people?
Are stones Alive?
E. d alker. in the Christmas num-
| er OF hat trcasurt.trove, Wide Awake.
answers the question as flows
We generally think Of minerals as
deal Jumps of inactive mrtter. But
they may be sa d to be alive, creatures
CT i;al pulsati ms, and separated into
lndiNi lualS as distinct as the pines in
forest or the tigers in Jungle. The
d sp' ti"ns Of cry stalls are a. diverse as
those of in mails. They throb with I'M
seen curren OF energy. They grow in
re as long a they have opportunity.
They can be killed, too, though not so
easily as an oak or a dog. A strong
electric hook scharged through crys.
tai will decompoSe it, very rapidly if it
is + so structure, causing the particles
to gradually d sintegrate in the reverse
order from it, grow tn, until tho poor
thing lies in a dead shapeless ruin.
t is true the crystals life is unlike
that Of higher creatures But the differ
ence between vegetable and animal life
j. no greater than tLat between mineral
and vegetable life Lin@us, the great
SNedlsn naturalist, defined the three
kingdoms by saving, "Stones grow !;
plants grow and feel; animals grow and
| feel and move"
Real Trouble With Dakota Weather.
Have pretty cold weather in Dakota,
don't y.u? asked a Hoosier at the
West hotel of res dent of the northern
part Of the territory.
"Oh, mi"lin', IN dl n.
II heard that it was 50 cold up there
that the natives all wear under clothing
made of sand paper, SOS to warm 'em